Christmas in July
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- but you have your feet on the ground.
- Thank you, sir.

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I mean it sincerely. Mr Jenkins and I
discussed our little meeting after you left

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and I want you to know that we were
genuinely impressed - genuinely so.

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- That's nice to hear...
- The more we thought about your ideas

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the more aware we became of their
pungency, their brevity, their crispness.

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- Thank you, sir, it's...
- You have a genuine talent for slogans.

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It must be like having an ear for music.
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Take me, I sing flat. You, on the other hand,
are a born sloganeer.

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"It's bred in the bean." Hot ziggety!
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Well, it's certainly wonderful to hear, Mr
Baxter. You've made me feel a lot better.

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They're still the same ideas, aren't they?
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If they were good this afternoon
they're still good. They're the same.

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- Of course they are.
- Of course they are.

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- I'm not quite sure I have your thought.
- You still think they're good, don't you?

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Well, of course I do. Why?
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Since they were good and they're still good
they have to be good.

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And then it wouldn't make any difference
if I hadn't won the Maxford House contest.

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- Would it?
- Of course it would.

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- Oh, it would.
- Certainly it would.

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- Why?
- I'm no genius,

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I didn't keep my father's money
by backing my own judgment.

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I make mistakes every day -
I've got a whole warehouse full of mistakes.

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I should say it would make a difference.
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You see, I think your ideas are good
because they sound good to me

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but I know your ideas are good because you
won this contest over millions of aspirants.

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- But Mr Baxter...
- Call it commercial insurance.

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When a horse wins the derby
you back him for the breaker.

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- I didn't win it.
- The breaker?

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The contest. It was a joke.
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- A joke?
- That's what they meant it to be.

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- Who did?
- Some of the fellas.

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They wanted to see how I'd look
when I got the news.

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Tell me their names and we'll see
how they look when I give them some news!


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